Aug 04 Missouri Bans, While Washington Affirms Gay Marriages Missouri voters Tuesday widely approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, while in Washington state, a judge ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples may marry because prohibiting them would violate their constitutional rights. Continue reading
Jul 16 Martha Stewart Sentenced to Prison, Likely to Appeal Home design guru Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison Friday for lying about a suspect stock sale, but the judge postponed the start of her jail term so her lawyers could appeal her conviction. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch Martha Stewart Sentenced A federal judge sentenced home design guru Martha Stewart on Friday to five months in prison and two years probation after a jury convicted the former CEO of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators about a stock… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Gay Marriage Debate After a background report, Senators discuss the rejected bid to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, likely tabling the measure for the rest of this election year. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch British Intelligence Failures on Iraq WMDs A British intelligence inquiry reported today that the country's prewar estimates of Iraq's weapons capabilities had "serious flaws" and were partially based on "unreliable" sources, but the report found no evidence of deliberate distortion on the part of the Blair… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Athletes on Trial Gold-medal sprinter Marion Jones has avoided indictment in the BALCO performance-enhancing drug investigation, but she failed in another high-profile trial, the U.S. Olympic qualifying race for the 100-meter dash on Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. Ray Suarez discusses the doping scandal… Continue watching
Jul 08 Former Enron Chairman Faces Criminal Indictment Former Enron Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Lay surrendered to the FBI in Houston Thursday morning and pleaded not guilty to 11 federal criminal counts stemming from the 2001 collapse of the once formidable energy trading company. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch ‘Enemy Combatants’ to Begin Court Hearings The nearly 600 prisoners the Department of Defense has detained at Guantanamo Bay as "enemy combatants" may begin to challenge their designation in federal court for the first time next week. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Kenneth Lay’s Indictmnet Former Enron head Kenneth Lay surrendered to the FBI Thursday and pleaded not guilty to 11 federal criminal counts stemming from the 2001 collapse of the once giant energy trading company. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch War Crimes Trials: Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein Two former dictators, Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia and Saddam Hussein of Iraq, face charges of war crimes. Milosevic's trial may be ending early due to his health problems while Saddam's is just getting started. Diane Orentlicher speaks with Jim Lehrer… Continue watching